| The Lord of the Rings (1978)
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| Front Cover |
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Back Cover |
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| Christopher Guard |
Frodo
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| William Squire |
Gandalf
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| Michael Sholes |
Aragorn [Voice]
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| Simon Chandler |
Meriadoc
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| Dominic Guard |
Pippin
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| Norman Bird |
Bilbo
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| Michael Graham Cox |
Boromir [Voice]
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| Anthony Daniels |
Legolas
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| David Buck |
Gimli
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| Peter Woodthorpe |
Gollum
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| Michael Scholes |
Samwise Gamgee (voice)
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| John Hurt |
Aragorn (voice)
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| Plot |
| Controversial animator Ralph Bakshi 's literal adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien 's classic fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings , is brought to the screen in a reverent, stilted way, with Bakshi forsaking his sharp-edged animated looniness for a rotoscoped dullness. Although the film's title encompasses the entire Tolkien trilogy, this longish Bakshi feature, in fact, covers only the first book, The Fellowship of the Ring , and the first half of the second, The Two Towers . Given the complexity of the original story line, this unfortunately means that only those intimately familiar with the books will be able to understand what is happening in the movie. In brief, however, an evil sorcerer from a previous era created a magical ring which enables its users to call upon its tremendous powers to rule the world, but it inevitably warps them to evil. It was believed lost, but during a resurgence of magical evil in the world, Bilbo, a simple, plain-spoken hobbit, recovers it from its hiding place. The forces of good give his nephew Frodo the choice to bear the awful burden of the ring to a place where it may be destroyed. — Clarke Fountain |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Animation; Fantasy |
| Director |
Ralph Bakshi |
| Producer |
Saul Zaentz |
| Writer |
J.R.R. Tolkien; Peter S. Beagle; Chris Conkling |
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| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG |
| Running Time |
131 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
11/15/1978 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
196 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
11/15/2002 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.78:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
085393740825 |
| Chapters |
38 |
| Release Date |
2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Japanese; Korean; Mandarin; Portuguese; Spanish; Thai |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
 FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Interactive Menus
Tolkien and Filmmaker Highlights
Scene Access
Theatrical Trailer
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